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aura

1

[ awr-uh ]

noun

plural auras aurae
  1. a distinctive and pervasive quality or character; air; atmosphere:

    an aura of respectability;

    an aura of friendliness.

  2. a subtly pervasive quality or atmosphere seen as emanating from a person, place, or thing.
  3. Pathology. a sensation, as of lights or a current of warm or cold air, preceding an attack of migraine or epilepsy.


Aura

2

[ awr-uh ]

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. a companion of Artemis who bore twins to Dionysus. Zeus changed her into a spring because, in a fit of madness, she had killed one of her children.

aura

/ ˈɔ˰ùÉ™ /

noun

  1. a distinctive air or quality considered to be characteristic of a person or thing
  2. any invisible emanation, such as a scent or odour
  3. pathol strange sensations, such as noises in the ears or flashes of light, that immediately precede an attack, esp of epilepsy
  4. (in parapsychology) an invisible emanation produced by and surrounding a person or object: alleged to be discernible by individuals of supernormal sensibility
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aura1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from Greek: “breath (of air)â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aura1

C18: via Latin from Greek: breeze
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The aura of invincibility which he had developed has dropped a notch.

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But Rick’s troubled aura has me so intrigued.

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"Despite not being the loudest, most aggressive, he had an aura - you just wanted to listen to him."

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Phil, who never took no for an answer, there would have no Disney Hall in which to produce the evening’s incomparable piano aura.

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Finn Russell was sublime, Huw Jones scored two epic tries and the Scots stripped away the English aura of invincibility.

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